A total of 31,241 people have now died in the UK after testing positive for coronavirus.
18.04.2020 - 20:59 / dailyrecord.co.uk
The NHS is due to receive 84 tonnes of PPE only lasting three days as the UK coronavirus death toll soared over 15,400.
Speaking at today's daily Covid press conference from Downing Street, Local Government Secretary Robert Jenrick said a "a very large consignment" is due to arrive from Turkey tomorrow.
It includes 400,000 gowns, but reports say the health service is currently using 150,000 a day, meaning the shipment is estimated to last until Wednesday.
It comes after backlash from frontline
A total of 31,241 people have now died in the UK after testing positive for coronavirus.
A total of 30,076 people have now died in the UK after testing positive for coronavirus, the Department of Health has said.
The number of people who have died in the UK after contracting coronavirus has risen to 29,427 - the highest death toll in Europe so far.
The UK has the highest coronavirus death rate in Europe, new figures show.
The UK’s coronavirus death toll is just 150 behind Italy which has the highest number of fatalities in Europe.
The number of people who have died in the UK after contracting coronavirus has risen to 28,734.
The UK lockdown has been extended by at least another three weeks as the death toll soared to over 13,700 across Britain.
The UK death toll has reached more than 12,800 and more than 98,000 people have tested positive for coronavirus.
The first patients have been admitted to the new NHS Nightingale Hospital set up in just nine days amid the coronavirus pandemic.